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TITLE:        STATE ADMINISTRATION BOOSTS CONTROL OF QIGONG
              

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ORIGINTR:     FBIS OKINAWA JA
              

INF CTY:      PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF CHINA (CH)
              

INF DATE:     901221
              

COSATI:       BEHAVIORAL AND SOCIAL SCIENCES (05); BIOLOGICAL AND
              

              MEDICAL SCIENCES (06)
              

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TEXT: ENTIRE.
BEIJING, DECEMBER 21 (XINHUA). CHINA IS TAKING MEASURES TO CONTROL
THE SPREAD OF MEDICAL TREATMENT USING QIGONG (A DEEP BREATHING
METHOD) IN A BID TO DEVELOP THIS TRADITIONAL CHINESE THERAPY 1N A
HEALTHY WAY. ACCORDING TO AN OFFICIAL OF THE STATE ADMINISTRATION
OF TRADITIONAL CHINESE MEDICINE, MANY CHARLATANS HAVE APPEARED
RECENTLY PRETENDING TO BE QIGONG PRACTITIONERS WHILE IN FACT
SWINDLING PEOPLE AND SPREADING SUPERSTITION. ZHANG XIANGYU, A
FEMALE SWINDLER WHO WAS RECENTLY ARRESTED, DEFRAUDED PEOPLE OF
NEARLY ONE MILLION YUAN IN THIS WAY.
DEPARTMENTS OF PUBLIC HEALTH IN CHINA ARE NOW REVIEWING,
REGISTERING, EXAMINING AND APPROVING VARIOUS QIGONG HOSPITALS, OUT
PATIENT DEPARTMENTS, CLINICS, PRACTITIONERS. . AND OTHER
ORGANIZATIONS AND PERSONNEL WHO TREAT PATIENTS WITH QIGONG THERAPY.
SOME ILLEGAL ORGANIZATIONS AND PRACTITIONERS HAVE BEEN BANNED. THE
STATE ADMINISTRATION OF TRADITIONAL CHINESE MEDICINE IS RESPONSIBLE
FOR MEDICAL TREATMENT WITH QIGONG AS A GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION.
IT STIPULATES THAT PERSONNEL WHO TREAT PATIENTS WITH QIGONG THERAPY
MUST BE PRACTITIONERS WITH SECONDARY MEDICAL SCHOOL EDUCATION OR
QUALIFIED DOCTORS WHO HAVE EXPERTISE IN THE RELATIVE SKILLS. IT
ALSO STIPULATES THAT PERSONNEL WHO USE OUTSIDE QI TO TREAT PATIENTS
MUST BE EXAMINED AND LICENSED BY THE LOCAL ADMINISTRATIONS OF PUBLIC
HEALTH AND TRADITIONAL CHINESE MEDICINE. THE SAME APPLIES TO
TEACHERS OF QIGONG, THE OFFICIAL SAID.
PFN INFORMATION: PART 001
FACILITY: STATE ADMINISTRATION OF TRADITIONAL CHINESE MEDICINE
FACL CTY: PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF CHINA (CH)
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  PERSON: ZHANG, XIANGYU
  PERS CTY: PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF CHINA (CH)
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